Tornado in Alabama, September 28, 1996

Name: Tornado in Alabama, September 28, 1996
Start: 1996-09-28T00:50
End: 1996-09-28T00:56
Location: Alabama

September 28, 1996 · NWS BMX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Around 1:50 am CDT a small but briefly strong tornado struck in northern Marshall County just southeast and east of Grant. 5 miles.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $300,000
Crop damage: $50,000
Events: 1

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What happened

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Around 1:50 am CDT a small but briefly strong tornado struck in northern Marshall County just southeast and east of Grant. The tornado path began about 2.5 miles south-southeast of Grant just off County Road 503 and extended in a northeastward direction for 2.5 miles. The damage path ended 3 miles east of Grant and just south of County Road 34. Total path length was 2.5 miles.Marshall County Emergency Management Agency reported that four houses were destroyed and five homes and four house trailers sustained damage. Six greenhouses were also totally wrecked. Fortunately, many of the destroyed houses were unoccupied at the time of the tornado with occupants away for the weekend.

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1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Marshall

When: September 28, 12:50 AM CST to 12:56 AM CST
Where: Marshall County, Grant to 3 mi E of Grant
Rating: F2
Path length: 2.5 mi
Path width: 80 yd
Property damage: $300,000
Crop damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 34.500, -86.250

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5564088.